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Libraries · Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen

The nearest public library to Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen is ORL: Princeton Branch, 20 km away

After it comes ORL: Hedley Public Library (Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen), 40 km away. Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen has no library board of its own in the provincial statistics, so no visit or loan figures appear here.

B⁺Civic lifeGraded on library visits, charities and volunteering

Directions Nearest libraries

Civic life grade

What Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen’s civic life grade weighs

Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen’s civic life grade is B+. Two of the three civic life inputs exist for Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen, enough for a grade: charities and volunteering, but not library visits.

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Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen’s overall grade.

–Library visitsNo library board of its own BCharities0 per 1,000 · British Columbia towns 1.2 · Canada 1.4 B⁺Volunteering36.9% of residents · all of British Columbia, 2023

Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.

Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.

Places to belong

No registered charity gives a Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen mailing address

Counting by mailing address favors a service town, where the surrounding area’s charities get their mail, over the suburbs and countryside around it.

Volunteering

36.9%

The 2023 survey gives British Columbia one volunteering rate for all its towns, 36.9% (between 35.2% and 38.7%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.

Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.

Nearest libraries

The nearest library is 20 km from Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen

Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen.

20kmORL: Princeton BranchPrincetonWebsite →40kmORL: Hedley Public LibraryElectoral Area G, Okanagan-SimilkameenWebsite →40kmHedley BranchElectoral Area G, Okanagan-SimilkameenDirections →54kmORL: Peachland BranchPeachlandWebsite →54kmORL: Summerland BranchSummerlandWebsite →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Library locations. Public library locations are taken from OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada inventory, merged where both list one place.

Questions about the library and civic life in Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen

Does Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen have a public library?

The map shows none in Electoral Area H, Okanagan-Similkameen; ORL: Princeton Branch, in Princeton, is the closest.

Library locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Statistics Canada, Open Database of Cultural and Art Facilities (2020). Charities: Canada Revenue Agency, List of charities (2024), charitable organizations only.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).